Farmforte Unveils New Cashew Processing Facility in Edo State.

06th Dec, 2021
Edo state Governor commissioning the Farmforte Cashew factory in Benin city, Edo state. Flanked by Senator Matthew Urhoghiye and Farmforte Co-CEOs.

 

From Left to Right: Farmforte’s Executive Director, Charles Ojei; Farmforte’s Co-CEO, Uyi Wenses; Edo State Governor, His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki; Farmforte’s co-CEO, Osazuwa Osayi

 

November 29, 2021 (Lagos, Nigeria) -- Farmforte Agro & Allied Solutions Ltd (“Farmforte”, or the “Company”), has unveiled a new Cashew Processing Facility in Benin city, Edo state. The facility was commissioned by the Governor of Edo state, His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday, November 27, 2021, in the presence of Senator Matthew Urhoghiye and other distinguished guests.

This is a major milestone in line with Farmforte’s commitment to consistently ensure market access for over 112,000 smallholder farmers within the agriculture value chain. The processing facility is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery that has a production capacity of  24MT per day that will provide jobs and enterprise opportunities for the youths and people of Edo State.

 

Speaking on the acquisition, Osazuwa Osayi, Farmforte’s co-Chief Executive Officer, said: “This new processing facility is in line with our long term commitment to continuously create sustainable outcomes in the agri-value chain. We believe that this facility will enable us to increase cashew nut processing capacity and export less raw commodity; thereby increasing Nigeria’s access to the global market.”

The Executive Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, stated that “the government will continue to support the private sector to enable them create more job opportunities, expand into new markets and reduce risk. With this new facility, Farmforte is adding value and encouraging farmers to increase the harvesting of cashew nuts and fruits, enabling Edo State to become the number one cashew producer in Nigeria.”

 

Despite being one of the largest producers of this crop, Nigeria is yet to tap into the economic value that can be derived from locally processed cashew nuts. Currently, raw cashews are being exported and processed into cashew nuts by foreign countries then sold to Europe and back to Nigeria. This is an economic challenge Farmforte is working towards change. 

 

Uyi Osayimwense, co-Chief Executive Officer of Farmforte, iterated that quality was a major factor in their operations. “At Farmforte, we are reinventing Nigeria’s cashew industry by investing in a state-of-the-art processing plant that can process large amounts of cashew at export standard. Presently, we source raw cashew from local smallholder farmers and make sure Kernel out-turn ratio (KOR) is 49 and upwards to ensure maximum quality”. 

 

The facility includes machines that will carry out various processes from cleaning of raw cashew nuts to the packaging of edible cashew nuts (kernels). Moreover, in our efforts to be a zero-waste company, we are setting up a Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) processing facility. CNSL is a versatile raw material for the production of paints and varnishes, laminating resins, rubber compounding resins and cashew cements.

 

For immediate release. 

(November 29, 2021)

 

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About Farmforte

Farmforte is an impact-oriented and innovation-driven value chain development company focused on creating novel solutions to existing problems within the African landscape. With significant verticals spanning the agriculture value chain, including a global land bank of 250,000 hectares, the company utilises technology and enterprise models to create efficient and affordable methods to produce crops, add value, and create greater market access. For more information, visit www.farmforte.com.

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